2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am getting a bit tired of constant victim status for Hillary [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)But, I think it would be a mistake for anyone to hold back now considering she lets her husband, Bill, act like a pit bull so Bill can go after any of her Democratic opponents in the primary.
The balance of power in campaigning for President is not fair because her spouse is a former President, a member of the Democratic party.
He was very popular among Democrats when he was the President.
This tips the scales in her favor.
Yet, it is precisely this lopsided affect that caused so much uproar back in 2007 and 2008 when President Obama was running for the office of President.
Now that Hillary is trying to defend her record -- as well as Bill's, by trying to rewrite the history of the DOMA law -- it is obvious that we need someone who is not as closely connected to the past history of those years that Bill was in the White House as much as Hillary is.
We have evolved since the 90s as a party, and President Obama is today more liberal than Bill ever was.
And more liberal than Hillary ever was, for that matter.
She needs to defend her own voting record, and let the chips fall where they may.
I don't think fate is going to be kind to Hillary.
It's hard to run for President and lose.
It's terrible to run for President twice, and lose both times.